Hayley Young
@almostarobot.bsky.social
Interested in everything! Space, politics, gaming, art, science, I love rocks! I play Path of Exile & Overwatch every chance I get :D
Bonfire night tonight so we've got loud music playing all around the house to try and block the noise from the fireworks as our dog is terrified of them, it usually works very well!
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bonfire night tonight so we've got loud music playing all around the house to try and block the noise from the fireworks as our dog is terrified of them, it usually works very well!
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As is traditional on October 31st, I present my greatest ever Halloween costume triumph: Watson as Cardinal Woofsley.
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As is traditional on October 31st, I present my greatest ever Halloween costume triumph: Watson as Cardinal Woofsley.
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For #FossilFriday, walking with dinosaurs ~100 million years too late at the Davenport Ranch dinosaur tracksite (1st documented in 1940), near Bandera TX on a @geosociety.bsky.social pre-meeting field trip just 2 weeks ago. Tracks show evidence of herding sauropods & big theropods. 🧪🪨⚒️🦖🦕🐾 #ichnology
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For #FossilFriday, walking with dinosaurs ~100 million years too late at the Davenport Ranch dinosaur tracksite (1st documented in 1940), near Bandera TX on a @geosociety.bsky.social pre-meeting field trip just 2 weeks ago. Tracks show evidence of herding sauropods & big theropods. 🧪🪨⚒️🦖🦕🐾 #ichnology
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Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
Researchers previously took first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in scarcely explored habitat
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
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Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
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Here is what pulsating aurora looks like in real-time, not sped up.
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here is what pulsating aurora looks like in real-time, not sped up.
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Homage to Xavier Bou: little swifts at the Olifants River high-water bridge, Kruger National Park. Unstacked from video taken with an Iphone 14. #birds #photography #SouthAfrica #iPhone
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Homage to Xavier Bou: little swifts at the Olifants River high-water bridge, Kruger National Park. Unstacked from video taken with an Iphone 14. #birds #photography #SouthAfrica #iPhone
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Discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement is 'mind-blowing.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Derrygonnelly : 'Mind-blowing' discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement
A team from Queen's University Belfast was hoping to find the ruins of a castle, but they discovered artefacts dating back to the Mesolithic period.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement is 'mind-blowing.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Comet Lemmon imaged again tonight from Kielder Star Camp... Seestar S50
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Comet Lemmon imaged again tonight from Kielder Star Camp... Seestar S50
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12 days until #OreCup!
We start at 00:00 UTC on Monday November 3, with each match running 24 hours.
Any early favs?
We start at 00:00 UTC on Monday November 3, with each match running 24 hours.
Any early favs?
The ore minerals... are:
Bornite, a copper iron sulphide ore
Carrollite, a cobalt ore
Copper, a copper ore (and native element)
Galena, a lead ore
Ilmenite, a titanium oxide ore
Jadarite, a lithium and boron ore
Molybdenite, molybdenum ore
Tetrahedrite, a subgroup of copper sulfide ores
Bornite, a copper iron sulphide ore
Carrollite, a cobalt ore
Copper, a copper ore (and native element)
Galena, a lead ore
Ilmenite, a titanium oxide ore
Jadarite, a lithium and boron ore
Molybdenite, molybdenum ore
Tetrahedrite, a subgroup of copper sulfide ores
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
12 days until #OreCup!
We start at 00:00 UTC on Monday November 3, with each match running 24 hours.
Any early favs?
We start at 00:00 UTC on Monday November 3, with each match running 24 hours.
Any early favs?
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) taken on 19 October from the roof of our garage at 135 mm focal length (stack of 192 10s-subs). Despite thin clouds and streetlights between the comet and me, the gas & dust tails are clearly visible in different colors. Brings back memories of Hale-Bopp #astrophotography
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) taken on 19 October from the roof of our garage at 135 mm focal length (stack of 192 10s-subs). Despite thin clouds and streetlights between the comet and me, the gas & dust tails are clearly visible in different colors. Brings back memories of Hale-Bopp #astrophotography
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Comet A6 Lemmon from this morning. 0525 22 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #ThePhotoHour #MoonHour
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Comet A6 Lemmon from this morning. 0525 22 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #ThePhotoHour #MoonHour
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In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing 500 million years ahead of schedule. His critics say they are — literally — fool's gold. At stake? The question of when and how complex life arose at all.
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
These Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on Earth
Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing 500 million years ahead of schedule. His critics say they are — literally — fool's gold. At stake? The question of when and how complex life arose at all.
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). 10 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). 10 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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Hello, everyone! In case you have not completed our survey on space weather forecasting, please do so by the end of the week.
bit.ly/aurora-chase...
#heliophysics
bit.ly/aurora-chase...
#heliophysics
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hello, everyone! In case you have not completed our survey on space weather forecasting, please do so by the end of the week.
bit.ly/aurora-chase...
#heliophysics
bit.ly/aurora-chase...
#heliophysics
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#MinCup25 Two hours to go and hematite's falling behind! You might think it's just big & blocky & boring, but check out these #hematite feathers and vote wisely!
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4...
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4...
September 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#MinCup25 Two hours to go and hematite's falling behind! You might think it's just big & blocky & boring, but check out these #hematite feathers and vote wisely!
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4...
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4...
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Dione, moon of Saturn, from Voyager 1 on November 12, 1980. The wispy trailing hemisphere can be seen on the left-hand side.
September 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Dione, moon of Saturn, from Voyager 1 on November 12, 1980. The wispy trailing hemisphere can be seen on the left-hand side.
Absolutely amazing, huge congratulations to everyone who has worked on this!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Absolutely amazing, huge congratulations to everyone who has worked on this!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 5: We’re going for namesake-minerals as bright meteorite-derived green #kosmochlor is up against the wedge-shaped indicator mineral #titanite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 2 Match 5 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Kosmochlor vs Titanite Photo credits: Knut Eldjarn and Robert M. Lavinsky
www.mineralcup.org
September 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 5: We’re going for namesake-minerals as bright meteorite-derived green #kosmochlor is up against the wedge-shaped indicator mineral #titanite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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A satellite photo of a volcano taken from space FROM THE SIDE
Just spent some time digging through old Maxar/DigitalGlobe blogs to find a reference image and found this incredible capture of Mt Fuji. Incredible.
The satellite was only three degrees above the horizon when it captured this image.
blog.maxar.com/earth-intell...
The satellite was only three degrees above the horizon when it captured this image.
blog.maxar.com/earth-intell...
September 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A satellite photo of a volcano taken from space FROM THE SIDE
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Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) - as it's now officially called: minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25... with new orbital elements - next to Spica in an image by G. Rhemann & M. Jäger remotely with a 12-inch telescope in Namibia: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
September 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) - as it's now officially called: minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25... with new orbital elements - next to Spica in an image by G. Rhemann & M. Jäger remotely with a 12-inch telescope in Namibia: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...